All Eyes Lead to the Truth | Paper Hearts (4x10)
TW: child death, child abduction, child exploitation
I’m flying. Through the air, high above the ground. It’s not scary. I always do it, but tonight is not like every night. When I open my eyes this time, I see pretty fish swimming around a green-colored tank, floating in the water exactly like I do in the sky. I used to have fish, too: Goldie and Cookie. I made sure they ate their fishy flakes and filled their bowl with lots of rocks. My mommy and daddy got me them when I turned eight ‘cause I was a big girl.
I miss my fish.
But I miss my mommy and daddy more.
I spin around and see a man sleeping on a couch next to a picture of a girl with long brown hair and green eyes. She even has freckles like me! I look closer and can tell this man is a nice man. A nice, sad man who hurts inside. And now I know exactly why I’m here, why he calls to me — I feel it in my soul.
The little girl he loves is gone, and she is never coming back.
Just like me.
The tall man sniffles and frowns in his sleep, and I wonder why his mommy doesn’t tell him to go to bed the way mine used to. His hand bumps the picture and it falls to the floor. Then he whimpers, like his dreams scare him. I haven’t been scared in a long time. Not since that night, but I feel his pain. A special tugging deep inside my chest, right where my heart used to beat. I’m sure he stares at her picture a lot. She’s his little sister, I just know it. He misses her lots and I know he wants to find her real bad. One day he will.
But I know he can find me right now.
I close my eyes and dive into his mind. While he’s dreaming of the girl in the picture, I take over his thoughts and lead him to where the rest of me lay.
FOLLOW, I spell out when he sees me waving on the wall. Follow me and you’ll see it all! He looks confused but he’s right behind me as I fly across a parking lot. Yes, I think, keep following.
Then I see the white car parked there. His car. The last car I ever rode in.
I swoop through the sky and touch the back of it. Look, look! MAD HAT, I sign on the hood. I’m excited ‘cause this nice man is paying attention. He is watching!
The book that belongs to the mean man who took me is here, I point out. I remember he let me hold it in the car when I cried for my mommy. But when we stopped driving, he took it from my hands and hid it in the back…
“Your name sounds like Alice,” he tells me when he pulls me out of the car.
“Wh-what’s your name?” I whisper. I try using my manners like my parents tell me to, but my mouth tastes like tears and my body is shaking.
“Call me the Mad Hatter.” He smiles, and I cry harder.
Now, I spin around and see the nice man watching me. See, it’s right in there! You know what MAD HAT means, I know you do. I can feel you like you feel him. He’s a bad, mean man. And he’s gonna be mad when he finds out I’ve shown you where I am. Mad ‘cause he wants to keep me and the rest of us hidden. Secrets are his favorite.
Don’t forget you know him. But he knows you now, too.
I fly off again, past the park sign and through the grass. Come on, hurry, I beg as I float up a big tree and touch it. Here, I point down at the leaves beneath the tree as the nice man runs to catch up. Here I am, I wave, dancing around so he doesn’t miss me. I’m right down there, I promise! I scrunch my nose, trying real hard to show him where the other half of me is.
Suddenly, there I am!
He stops right in front of me and stares.
My name is Addie Elisabeth Sparks, I’m eight and a half years old, and my address is 1013 Joy Lane, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. I’m Addie, not Alice like he wanted. I liked the story of Alice in Wonderland before. But now I hate it. I hate it almost as much as I hate him.
Almost as much as you do, I tell him.
The man trying to help me sees my body laying in the leaves, sees what I looked like the night I was hurt. This is what that mean man did to me, I whine as I show him more. He cut a heart from my best nightie. My mommy made it just for me and the Mad Hatter ruined it! See, it has a coin pocket where my daddy pretended to be the tooth fairy to put money in.
I look up at this nice man with the lost sister and beg: Please find me. My daddy needs you to find me. My mommy is waiting for me and I want to rest now so my daddy finally can, too.
The man’s green eyes get wide, like he understands everything. So I let my body fall back beneath the ground and warn him: Be careful, I say as I disappear. He will get in your head like I did. But he will lie. He will hurt your heart the way he stole mine. Are you listening?
Be careful…
Or the Mad Hatter will get you, too.
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Cobra Kai Whumplist
Characters: Miguel Diaz (played by Xolo Maridueña), Robby Keene (played by Tanner Buchanan)
Age Rating: TV-14
Show available on Netflix
(The styling of this whumplist is inspired by @love-me-a-lotta-whump who has an amazing blog, go check them out!)
Genre: Action, Drama, High-School, Ensemble, Found Family
Synopsis: Two former high-school karate rivals start their own dojos, each taking in teens who are social outcasts.
Note: This show is a sequel of sorts to the Karate Kid movies, and even has the same actors (all grown-up, of course). It’s packed full of references, but there are enough flashbacks to the movies where general knowledge will get you through it. The characters, old and new, are compelling and the action is fun. Also SO MUCH FOUND FAMILY <3
TW’s: severe bullying, child abuse, child neglect, blood, violence, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, mental health issues/trauma
List Key:
bold = most whump, best whump, or favorite whump scenes
~~ = scene break
THIS LIST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE SERIES!
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Character: Miguel Diaz (played by Xolo Maridueña)
1x01: bullied, humiliated, kicked, shoved
1x02: thrown to the ground (comedic), groaning, using an inhaler (comedic)
1x03: bruised knuckles ~~ zip-tied, tossed in a swimming pool (comedic) ~~ fought, beaten ~~ found, barely conscious
1x04: carried, bloody face, in pain ~~ bruised face, band-aid on his forehead, ice pack on ribs, sore ~~ bullied
1x05: sparred, hit in the ear by a baseball (comedic), bruised ear ~~ sparred ~~ fought
1x06: shoved to the ground (comedic)
1x07: none
1x08: upset
1x09: drunk, angry
1x10: sparred
2x01: upset
2x02-2x03: none
2x04: sparred ~~ worried
2x05-2x08: none
2x09: uncomfortable, concerned
2x10: very rough fight, bruised + bloody face ~~ rough fight, kicked off of a balcony, broken spine, unconscious ~~ in a coma, neck brace, oxygen cannula, concern for him
3x01: in a coma, dreaming, concern for him
3x02: still in the hospital, in pain, weak voice ~~ paralyzed, worried, teary-eyed ~~ “The doctor told my mom I might not walk again”, argued, choked-up voice, teary-eyed, crying/sobbing
3x03: still in the hospital, tired
3x04: still in the hospital, frustrated, upset ~~ frustrated, trying to walk, falls on the ground
3x05: physical therapy ~~ in a wheelchair, trying to get up, falls, groaning, helped back into wheelchair, frustrated
3x06: trying to stand, falls ~~ falls, helped back up, argued, teary-eyed, emotional, hugged
3x07: on crutches, training himself to walk again, emotional ~~ frustrated
3x08: falls, frustrated ~~ argued, yelling, teary-eyed
3x09: frustrated
3x10: very rough fight, bloody/bruised face, heavy breathing
4x01: bruised face
4x02: none
4x03: shoved into cold water (comedic), embarrassed
4x04-4x06: none
4x07: emotional, crying
4x08: fought, thrown into a pool, argued, upset ~~ emotional, crying, upset
4x09: upset ~~ sparred, pulled muscle, in pain, collapsed, concern for him
4x10: medical exam, scar on his back ~~ emotional
5x01: fought, upset
5x02: threatened ~~ nervous, upset, crying, hugged
5x03: crying
5x04: argued, emotional
5x05: argued, upset ~~ fought, emotional, hugged
5x06-5x07: none
5x08: worried
5x09: worried
5x10: fought
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Character: Robby Keene (played by Tanner Buchanan)
1x01-1x03: none
1x04: upset ~~ argued
1x05: upset ~~ angry
1x06: sparred ~~ rough fight, out of breath
1x07-1x08: none
1x09: upset, yelled at, scared
1x10: dislocated shoulder, collapsed, angry ~~ shoulder set into place, in pain
2x01: sling on his arm ~~ argued
2x02: worried ~~ upset ~~ concern for him
2x03: worried
2x04: upset ~~ threatened, hit in the head, knocked to the ground ~~ holding his head in pain, choked, at knife-point, shoved to the ground ~~ sore
2x05: fought
2x06: fought
2x07: none
2x08: upset, rough fight
2x09: bloodshot eye, upset ~~ concerned
2x10: worried, upset ~~ rough fight, bloody face, concerned
3x01: no appearance
3x02: upset, teary-eyed, restrained, handcuffed, arrested
3x03: in prison, stressed ~~ very rough fight, bruised face, kicked in the ribs, breathing heavily/wheezing, in pain ~~ bruised face, teary-eyed ~~ upset
3x04: bruised face ~~ bullied
3x05: frustrated ~~ rough fight ~~ bloody/bruised face
3x06-3x07: none
3x08: angry
3x09: none
3x10: fought, argued, knocked out, concern for him ~~ bruised/bloody face
4x01: sparred
4x02: sparred
4x03: none
4x04: sparred, heavy breathing ~~ frustrated, argued
4x05-4x06: none
4x07: sparred
4x08: fought
4x09: sparred
4x10: angry, sparred ~~ emotional, crying, choked-up voice, hugged
5x01: fought
5x02: fought
5x03: none
5x04: frustrated, argued
5x05: argued ~~ fought, bloody nose, emotional, hugged
5x06-5x09: none
5x10: rough fight, gasping for air, half-collapsed ~~ emotional
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